Harvard Pilgrim announces 9/11 Mini-Grant program

Friday

WELLESLEY — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has announced that At Home and Afar in Wayland was awarded $500 from the Foundation’s Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program.

Jennifer Borus, an employee of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, nominated the organization for the award. Funds will be used to support the Leominster/Fitchburg Boys and Girls Club 5K Run.

To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, Harvard Pilgrim and the foundation created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program allows each Harvard Pilgrim employee to award a $500 grant, completely funded by the foundation, to the local charity of his or her choice each calendar year.

Since this community grants program began in 2002, Harvard Pilgrim employees have directed more than $5.2 million to thousands of organizations throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.